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- February 7th, 2010, 5:07 am
- Forum: 2010 Build Events
- Topic: Trajectory B/C
- Replies: 516
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Re: Trajectory B/C
In fact, Mousetrap Vehicle and Mission Possible were held in a room with a ~25 foot ceiling, and Trajectory was held in a hallway with a ~12 foot ceiling. Makes no sense to me - let's have the events that stay on the ground in the room with the high ceiling and do the event that has a flying projec...
- February 7th, 2010, 5:06 am
- Forum: 2010 Build Events
- Topic: Mousetrap Vehicle C
- Replies: 347
- Views: 77736
Re: Mousetrap Vehicle C
I could just be insane, but isn't the overall score calculated by multiplying the time in seconds by two? the rules use 15.8 seconds as an example leading to a time score of 31.6. If your run took 24.394 seconds I'd imagine your run score would be 29.288... But I could be wrong Regionals 1sec=1pt S...
- February 7th, 2010, 4:42 am
- Forum: 2010 Lab Events
- Topic: Physics Lab B/C
- Replies: 424
- Views: 91802
Re: Physics Lab B/C
At our competition today, the mount was placed on an ex-circuit board which didn't allow pitch of greater than, say, 5 degrees. Our blade wouldn't fit because of that. Thoughts? =P So you mean that there was a circut board behind the CD mount that blocked your blades if they extended behind the CD?...
- February 6th, 2010, 7:15 pm
- Forum: 2010 Lab Events
- Topic: Physics Lab B/C
- Replies: 424
- Views: 91802
Re: Physics Lab B/C
At our competition today, the mount was placed on an ex-circuit board which didn't allow pitch of greater than, say, 5 degrees. Our blade wouldn't fit because of that. Thoughts? =P Sounds like what we have heard from other competitions. Unfortunately the rules don't specify the setup so you are stu...
- February 1st, 2010, 6:41 pm
- Forum: 2010 Lab Events
- Topic: Picture This C
- Replies: 83
- Views: 44019
Re: Picture This C
Are we allowed to use symbols such as & or + to denote "and" ? Same with the symbol @ ? " for inches? Do we have to define centimeters as cm? We didn't do that last year by accident but I don't think we were docked points. You are not allowed to use the + symbol to represent the ...
- January 31st, 2010, 8:12 am
- Forum: 2010 Nationals
- Topic: National Predictions
- Replies: 193
- Views: 54231
Re: National Predictions
Definitely Centerville. Solon and Mentor are up for grabs... Mentor has no chance, they only were able to go last year because the Solon It's About Time team was stuck in an elevator. I agree it will be Centerville and Solan from Ohio, but find it funny that a team that was 7th at Nationals last ye...
- January 27th, 2010, 12:39 pm
- Forum: 2010 Invitationals, Regionals, and States
- Topic: New York 2010
- Replies: 378
- Views: 110704
Re: New York 2010
The date is just like PA.smartkid222 wrote:They changed it again and now they pushed it back a week from the origional date. That makes the competition April 30, May 1!!! i assume thats the latest it's ever been. That leaves only 3 weeks between states and nationals.
- January 21st, 2010, 7:47 pm
- Forum: 2010 Lab Events
- Topic: Physics Lab B/C
- Replies: 424
- Views: 91802
Re: Physics Lab B/C
I was wondering whether the direction that the turbine/blades spun was important. If they spin and produce a negative reading since they spin opposite of what the setup is meant for, will the event supervisors take that into account or will the just treat it as if it was a positive reading (i.e. ju...
- January 21st, 2010, 4:53 pm
- Forum: 2010 Lab Events
- Topic: Physics Lab B/C
- Replies: 424
- Views: 91802
Re: Physics Lab B/C
I was wondering whether the direction that the turbine/blades spun was important. If they spin and produce a negative reading since they spin opposite of what the setup is meant for, will the event supervisors take that into account or will the just treat it as if it was a positive reading (i.e. ju...
- January 19th, 2010, 7:09 pm
- Forum: 2010 Build Events
- Topic: Trajectory B/C
- Replies: 516
- Views: 90706
Re: Trajectory B/C
What lines are you refering to? I have only ever seen tape on the ground showing where the launcher goes. Is there supposed to be a center line taped down?haven chuck wrote: While there are other lines to use, they are seldom accurate, more likely just crudely placed pieces of tape.